"Thanks to Bitcoin, I am now living debt-free, just today managed to pay off all of my credit card debt!  so reports a poster on Reddit, and the statement was echoed by many others. A currency that not only discourages debt, but earns enough money to pay off previous debt, plus encourages saving?

It seems unthinkable to people today. Thats because none of us in living memory has had experience with a currency that rises in value. The emergence of Bitcoin  a digital currency that has grown in purchasing power over time  has changed that experience dramatically. As a free-market currency, it does what currency should do, which is increase in value over time.